ROLAND SCHORR

Experience

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  Freiberuflich

  Jan 1985 - now

  Highlights:FinTech/E-Payment(!) Development and implementation of one of the first electronic payment systems on the Internet (Internet AG, Point, Nextra, Commerzbank)(!) Development and implementation of one of the first mobile payment systems using SMS (AddOn for IBM Payment Server)* Web Payment Systems and online transactions, Micropayment Solutions (Internet AG, Point)IT/TK* Routing- and Pricing engine, least cost engine (Sterncom)* Callcenter-App for intelligent callcenter routingCMS* several extensions, plugins, etc. for existing CMS like TYPO3, Joomla, Wordpress, ...* Maintenance and development of some customer CMS (GOT intermedia agency)Travel* Best price engine (L'TUR, i42)* Last Minute Offering and ManagementMarketing/Advertising* Intelligent windows application for advertising on big screens in all branches of a big travel company (L'TUR, i42)(!) Mostly the same solution running in gas and train stations.eHealth* Various smaller and larger tools and apps for patients, doctors, pharmacies and other medical service providerseShops* 1996-2004 Various eshops, partly adaptations of existing solutions, partly completely in-house developments (xmachina, GOT, Nextra)APIs* tons of APIs providing XML/RPC, SOAP, REST, gRPC etc. Show less Highlights:* Development and sales of management software for C64, Apple ][, Atari ST* Development and distribution of an adventure engine for Atari ST / TT / Falcon* Operator of the Mailbox "Maus HD"In cooperation with the Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik II, Universität Mannheim:(!) 1992/1993 First German translation for HTML on the WWW(!) 1993 Development of the first German web guest book based on HTML and CGI / C(!) 1993-1996 the first German job exchange "PUMA" based on HTML and CGI / C, later Perl https://web.archive.org/web/19971210061054/http://praktikum.wifo.uni-mannheim.de/ Show less

  • Senior Software-Entwickler

    Nov 1996 - now

  • Software Developer

    Jan 1985 - Nov 1996
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  Selbstständig

  Jan 1989 - Jan 2014

  Wing Tsun Kung Fu Trainer
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  Xmachina – Advancing E-Health

  Nov 1996 - Feb 2014

  Senior Software Developer

  Today known as "TWT Digital Health".Highlights:* Development of the online catalog and later the shop of the scientific Springer Verlag, Heidelberg(!) One of the first interactive websites based on Javascript for Revell Modellbau 1996/1997(!) Development and support of the Revell online shop from 1996-2014* Development of CMS solutions for Pharma & Co. - today "eHealth"* Extensions for various web applications such as TYPO3, Drupal, Magento* Workflow engines, database solutions, web applications, APIs, ... Show less

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  Live and Trust GmbH

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2023

  Geschäftsführer

  (nowadays: smarttax.de)

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  NFON

  Feb 2014 - Dec 2023

  Vice President Research and Development NFON AG / NFON Group* Continuation of the development and expansion of various IT departments from originally 20 to ~100 employees (eo '22) spread across several countries* Management of the following departments** Frontend Development** Mobile/Client Development** User Interface/User Experience** Device Development** Backend Development** Voice Platform** Voice Backend Development** Quality Assurance** CRM/SalesForce** Agile Program Management/Product Owners** Security* building high-performance product development teams incl. recruiting, further development of all teams and team leaders* Preparation and support of the IPO* Strategy development for further personnel growth in the IT area, nearshoring* various M&As* ISO- and C5-certifications* Co-establishment of a development site/innovation hub in Portugal* Agile Transition/Change management and introduction of Scrum, SAFe, OKRs* Organizational structure and focus on vision, strategy and processes* Modernization of the base platform and renewal of all applications Show less

  • Vice President (VP) Research and Development

    Nov 2017 - Dec 2023

  • Teamlead Research and Development

    Feb 2014 - Nov 2017